link.exe /DRIVER flag

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 05:17:19PM +1000, Craig Edwards wrote:
>I am trying to compile an existing application (openXDK -  
>http://openxdk.sourceforge.net) using GCC (as opposed to its current  
>requirement of Visual C++).  I have got compilation working, but run into  
>trouble when I try to link.
>
>The file that is produced by the existing mechanism is a kernel mode exe  
>(by passing the /DRIVER flag to Microsoft's link.exe).  I can't seem to  
>find an appropriate gcc/ld flag to do the same thing - in fact, my  
>searching of the web leads me to believe it may not be possible.  Any  
>thoughts or advice would be much appreciated.  Many thanks.

I don't believe that there is a binutils equivalent to the /driver flag,
however, this isn't the correct mailing list for this question.  You'll
find more knowledgeable people elsewhere.

Try the resources at either http://cygwin.com/ or http://mingw.org/ .

cgf